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On Brewing Old Stitch & Colonial Ales
By Geoff Logan, Head Brewer, Alewerks Brewing Company I’ve known Frank Clark for a long time. He’s the Master of Historic Foodways at Colonial Williamsburg, and honestly, there are maybe a handful of people on the planet who understand 18th-century brewing the way he does. Around 2007-2008, we started working together to take his historical […]
by Jeff Maisey2 viewsbeerbrew-newsnewsamerica-250beer-in-colonial-timescolonial-williamsburg - news
Some Closing Thoughts
On Friday afternoon, with work concerns disappearing into the rear view mirror, and a little time to go until I had to pick up the twins from school, I was having a very fine pint of lager (but which one?? It was Vested Interest, a Franconian-style kellerbier) at the bar in the Selvedge Brewing taproom. As I reveled in the magnificence of that beer, which is a stunner in an already superb lineup, I heard news that instantly yucked my yum. Virginia's only craft malting company, my good friends Murphy & Rude, are closing their doors at the end of May. To be honest, I don't know the ins and outs of why Jeff has decided to shut up shop, so I am not going to speculate on that. From what Murphy & Rude have told customers though, they were looking to scale and it became clear that the challenges of scaling made it unfeasible. What I do want talk about though is the ramifications of their coming demise. From a very personal, and entirely self-centred, perspective, I am bummed that I am
by noreply@blogger.com (Alistair Reece)4 viewsbeer-businessbeer-newsmurphy-rudenewsvirginiavirginia-beer